"I will have them brought out for the captain to try." He thanked her, adding that in case a pair should be found to fit, he could have the pleasure of taking his wife out without waiting for the return of the servant despatched to the village.
Upon leaving the breakfast table they all repaired to the parlor for family worship, as was their custom morning and evening.

Then those who had skates, and some who wanted the walk and a near view of the skating, Lulu among them, got themselves ready and went to the lakelet, while the others waited for the return of the messengers; most of them meanwhile gathered about the windows overlooking the lakelet, to watch the movements of the skaters--Edward, Zoe, Harold, Herbert, Rosie, Evelyn and Max; presently joined by Capt.

Raymond and Violet, a pair of skates having been found to fit each of them.
When all were fairly started the scene became very animated and pretty.
The two married couples skated well, but Harold, and especially Herbert, far exceeded them, the swift, easy movement with which they glided over the glassy surface of the lake, the exact balancing of their bodies, and the graceful curves they executed called forth many an admiring and delighted exclamation from the onlookers, both near at hand and farther away at the windows of the mansion.
Among the latter were Grandma Elsie, her father and his wife--Grandma Rose--and Cousin Ronald.
"Bravo!" cried the two old gentlemen simultaneously, as Herbert performed a feat in which he seemed to fairly outdo himself.

Mr.
Lilburn adding, "I feel the old ardor for the sport stir within me at sight o' the lad's adroit movements.

At his age I might have ventured to compete with as expert a skater as he.